Canada

Google signs deal with organization to distribute $100M to Canadian news companies

OTTAWA - Google announced today it has selected an organization to distribute the $100 million the tech giant has promised to Canadian news companies. The Canadian Journalism Collective will be respon...

Jun 07, 2024

CP NewsAlert: Supreme Court partly allows appeal by media over Quebec 'secret trial'

MONTREAL - The Supreme Court of Canada has partly upheld an appeal from the media over a so-called secret trial in Quebec involving a police informant. The high court ruled today that the trial judge ...

Jun 07, 2024

Strike looms for border workers if mediation doesn't deliver deal

Thousands of Canadian border workers could go on strike this afternoon if mediation doesn't deliver a deal before then. More than 9,000 Public Service Alliance of Canada members who work for the Canad...

Jun 07, 2024

McGill says campus protest that led to 15 arrests was 'troubling' escalation

MONTREAL - McGill University says a protest that culminated in the arrest of 15 people Thursday was a "troubling" event in a series of escalating incidents that have taken place since pro-Palestinian ...

Jun 07, 2024

A look at NHL final rival cities Edmonton and Sunrise, Fla.

The Edmonton Oilers are set to face the Florida Panthers in the Stanley Cup Final beginning Saturday. The Panthers host the first two games in the best-of-seven series in Sunrise, Fla. Here's a quick ...

Jun 07, 2024

Sunrise and Edmonton: Hockey cities with big malls meet up in Stanley Cup final

EDMONTON - The mayor of Sunrise, Fla., a city near the edge of the Everglades, home to the NHL Panthers and conspicuously named to avoid death, says it's not that different from Edmonton. They're two ...

Jun 07, 2024

Ibrahim Ali faces murder sentencing hearing at B.C. Supreme Court

VANCOUVER - A sentencing hearing is scheduled to begin this morning in Vancouver for Ibrahim Ali, who was convicted in December of the first-degree murder of a 13-year-old girl from Burnaby, B.C. Crow...

Jun 07, 2024

'A no from me': Ali refuses to hear B.C. murder victim's father ahead of sentencing

VANCOUVER - A man convicted of murdering a 13-year-old Burnaby, B.C., girl has repeatedly told a pre-sentencing hearing that he didn't kill her, after refusing to listen to his interpreter during an i...

Jun 06, 2024

Good Earth light bars recalled due to fire, burn hazards

Health Canada and Good Earth Lighting are recalling some rechargeable LED motion-activated light bars because they pose a fire and burn hazard. The affected light bars are 12 inches long and were sold...

Jun 06, 2024

McGill says protesters are occupying administration building, set up barricade

MONTREAL - McGill University says protesters are occupying the main administration building on its downtown campus. Pro-Palestinian protesters have been encamped on the campus's lower field since late...

Jun 06, 2024